A fire call prompted the brief evacuation of Smith-Hale Junior High Wednesday morning.Authorities said there was a small fire in a girls' bathroom about 9:15 a.m. Students were evacuated as a precaution.A spokesman for the Hickman Mills School District said toilet paper was stuffed into a small hole in a bathroom stall and lit on fire.Students were allowed back into the building a short time later.11833402

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A fire call prompted the brief evacuation of Smith-Hale Junior High Wednesday morning.

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Authorities said there was a small fire in a girls' bathroom about 9:15 a.m. Students were evacuated as a precaution.

A spokesman for the Hickman Mills School District said toilet paper was stuffed into a small hole in a bathroom stall and lit on fire.